Sunday, February 25, 2007

I was invited to join a bunch of food bloggers ("floggers") on a hawker food spree and despite being somewhat extrovertish, I was still nervous. It's difficult revealing your real life persona when you've been assuming a different name all this time. And what a name too - Lyrical Lemongrass is hardly a good description of a person, is it! But I have been sharing a little bit about myself in every post because my life is quite an open book. I'm not very different in real life; what you see is what you get.

I'm glad I did it. I got to meet boo_licious, fatboybakes, rasa malaysia and wmw (and their respective friends). So what happens when a bunch of floggers get together? You get cold food! Imagine this scenario - one plate of chicken wings arrives at the table. Immediately, 5 cameras come out. Politely, the bloggers take turns shooting the picture at the angle of their choice. Plates get turned around until the best angle is achieved. Several pictures are then taken by each blogger. By the fifth person, isn't it a wonder that the food is still hot?

We decided to meet at Wong Ah Wah at Jalan Alor first. Wong Ah Wah is famous for its grilled chicken wings and I'm not surprised. The chicken wings were nicely charred with a slightly sweet and salty taste that was just wonderful. Apparently, it used to taste better in the old days, but since I have no basis for comparison, I'll take what I can get.

Along with the chicken wings, we also ordered steamed lala (a type of shellfish) in chinese cooking wine, spicy balitong and a plate of stir fried vegetables. The balitong was quite a chore to eat, despite rasa malaysia's instructions of sucking the back first then sucking the flesh out through the front. I really tried, but I only succeeded in sucking all the extremely spicy sauce off the shell, and out of 6 balitongs, I only succeeded in tasting the flesh of 3. Certainly a dieter's boon.

Wong Ah WahNo. 1, Jalan Alor, KL.Tel: 603-2144 2463

Scratched out in a drunken stupor by
Lyrical Lemongrass
in a haze of vodka and siew yoke at
2:43 pm

fbb: hehe..I realised that night that you don't need an SLR camera to be able to shoot nice pics. Rasa Malaysia has a nice cute compact camera which does a fantastic job. She gave me some great tips in taking pics.

Huh? A Whiff Of Lemongrass?

My first culinary achievement where people finally believed that I could cook was with a dish called baked rendang chicken. The star attraction in that rich spicy recipe was lemongrass. It’s amazing that something that’s classified as a grass and looks so uninteresting can produce such a sweet smelling fragrance.

Lemongrass is widely used an an herb in Malaysian cooking. Malaysian food is something that I have taken for granted for too long. But when I leave home for long periods of time, I miss it. And when friends from other countries visit and rave about Malaysian food, I am filled with pride.

Entera whiff of lemongrass; a long overdue blog that is dedicated to the rich array of Malaysian food that I’ve come to love. Together with my friends, we formed a foodies club called quite unimaginatively, “The Makan Club”. Don’t blame us, we’re accountants.

We’re proud of our food and we welcome you to explore with us as we bring to you our food findings - orgasmic, good, bad and vomit-inducing - from rat-infested alleys to five-star restaurants. Bouquets would be lovely; brickbats will be taken in the spirit they are delivered.

Selamat menjamu selera, or as they say in English, get your laughing gear round the nosh!

We Are The Makan Club

The Makan Club (aka Lab Rats)

Ecstatic EeyoreKnows the owners of 83 different food places on a first name basis. Also known as our ring leader. Has a shrine for Eeyore.

Pretty PuiAn expert on crustaceans. The cooked kind only.

Smokin' SOBLoves his booze, ciggies, sambal and the stock market.

Bouncing BarbieEnjoys bouncing on her mattress. Able to identify 126 types of dim sum in her dreams.

Lyrical LemongrassLoves her margarita dearly, but will give it up anytime for the siew yoke in Pudu.

Bizzy BertieFounder and loyal member of the lard noodles fan club. Has since recruited 3 enthusiastic members from the other side.

Charlie CempedakBak kut teh and his wife both share top points. Shhh. Don't tell his wife.

Not In The Makan Club, But Is A Frequent Companion

The Bald EagleMetrosexual, handsome and bald. Loves his mother's mutton curry but is often forced to admit that his wife's cooking is better for the sake of marital bliss. The gym is his second home. Married to a luscious, sexy bombshell.

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